Printing an Infinite Future By Audrey Robinson | Junior Designer Workplace interiors are generally renovated every five to seven years, sometimes faster, perpetuating a steady stream of waste products that for the most part make their way into landfills and … The post Printing an Infinite Future appeared first on IA Interior Architects ..read more

The Profitable Property: Merging Work & Living at Multi-Family Properties In the constantly shifting terrain of design and architecture, the boundaries between residential and commercial domains are increasingly fading. What were once clearly delineated spheres are now converging, … The post The Profitable Property: Merging Work and Living at Multi-Family Properties appeared first on IA Interior Architects ..read more

Seeing Red: Color and Light By Gary Bouthillette | Senior Director of Lighting Design Light and color are critical to the human experience. Without light we would not see color (or much else for that matter). Although color is not … The post Seeing Red: Color and Light appeared first on IA Interior Architects ..read more

Evolution & Elevation: Insurance Industry Design For years, IA has partnered with an array of large insurance companies to create their workplaces, often a campus with full-service cafeteria, fitness center, and conference center. These clients typically invest with caution for … The post Evolution & Elevation: Insurance Industry Design appeared first on IA Interior Architects ..read more

Design in the Age of the Infinite Desk By Charles Fadem | Senior Designer In the ever-changing world of work and design, the traditional desk is going through a major transformation. Once considered the cornerstone of productivity, it has become … The post Design in the Age of the Infinite Desk appeared first on IA Interior Architects ..read more

The Elf Had It Right: The Impact of Visual Merchandising By Ron Singler | Principal, Design Director, Retail During the recent holidays, while watching the 2003 movie Elf starring Will Ferrell, I was thrilled once again by the scene where … The post The Elf Had It Right: the Impact of Visual Merchandising appeared first on IA Interior Architects ..read more

Lounge/Live/Eat/Work Perception is never the act of a single sense. Engage one sense and the others come into play. At the workplace, the cafe/lounge engages all five senses stimulated by ambience and the anticipated pleasures of taste. As a favorite … The post Lounge/Live/Eat/Work appeared first on IA Interior Architects ..read more

Wellbeing: A Global Trend By Rob Atkinson, IA, Senior Project Manager & Praneeta Moorthy, Space Matrix , Manager-Client Solutions | Sustainable Solutions Global trends are traced to many factors: demographics, culture, the environment, economics, technology, etc. They emerge when populations … The post Wellbeing: A Global Trend appeared first on IA Interior Architects ..read more

The Profitable Property: An Unlikely Repurposing In a bold move, Bank of Montreal (BMO) is relocating 3,000 employees working in business and personal banking throughout Toronto to a single location atop four floors at Eaton Centre, one of Ontario’s largest … The post The Profitable Property: an Unlikely Repurposing appeared first on IA Interior Architects ..read more

To Hotel or Not to Hotel By John Hopkins, Design Director  & Cara Rooney-Fields, Senior Designer To hotel or not to hotel? That is the question currently confronting many law firms. Why? The answer lies in the increasing acceptance and … The post To Hotel or Not to Hotel appeared first on IA Interior Architects ..read more